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Barack Obama yesterday became the first sitting president of the United States to visit Cuba since 1928, and the only one to meet with its president on home soil since Fidel Castro came to power at the height of the Cold War. The president is accompanied by a host of American notables, including members of Congress and business leaders, despite ...►

White House sources have told reporters that Barack Obama will do something no president has done since 1928; the 44th president will travel to Cuba “in the next few weeks”. Many news outlets are already labelling the proposed trip “historic”: it has been almost ninety years since a President of the United States made the journey to the small Communist outpost ninety miles from the coast of the most ... ►

Barack Obama has issued a sharp rebuke to Republicans after a number of them mooted refusing asylum to Syrian refugees in response to the recent attacks in Paris. Since Friday, Republicans in Congress have begun preparing legislation that would suspend a scheme specifically designed to assist Syrian refugees. In a similar vein, fifteen state governors (including one Democrat) have sought ... ►